Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR T2 - Upstart: a Journal of English Renaissance Studies ID - bbbc521 T1 - "Screwing the Bardbody: Kill Shakespeare and North American Popular Culture" AU - Ephraim, Michelle PY - 2013 DA - 2026 KW - graphic novel KW - body KW - popular culture LA - English AB - Examines the representations of the physical, sexualized body of Shakespeare in the first two volumes of Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col's graphic novel Kill Shakespeare. Argues that the North American popular culture appropriation of Shakespeare attests to the authors' authenticity and offers a type of authorial protection. ER -